Debut: A Serial Drama about six female ex-convicts who try to begin new lives at a lakefront inn. First Up: Holly starts her new job as a live-in nursemaid for the Walkers and is raped by Mr. Walker; The next day Holly is fired and accused of kidnapping the Walker's child; Holly is taken to Women's State Prison and becomes acquainted with the women in Maria's english class; Maria remembers a conversation she had with her mother regarding her abusive husband; Crystal is arrested again for prostitution and has a friendly chat with Warden Grayson; Faith hides a tape that was given to her; Holly has a panic attack and runs hysterically through the corridor; Faith confides in Cissie that she might be killed when she is released from prison and gives her the tape; Warden Grayson scolds Holly for her behavior; Faith daydreams of her meeting Harry at a beautiful inn; Rita confronts Holly in the yard; Crystal is processed and put back inside where she gets reacquainted with her old prison mate

Jerry and Chief Carson investigate Faith's murder; The inmates hear of Faith's murder, prompting Cissie to come forward with incriminating evidence; Patricia offers to buy the Cedar Lake Inn; Maria refuses a lawyer's help to appeal her sentence; The girls discuss Holly's plans to escape from prison; Crystal flirts with Randy; John visits Holly based on Maria's recommendation; Rita complains to Cissie about her husband and his girlfriend; Crystal finds a way to talk to Randy in private; Fisher uses an act of kindness in order to get an opportunity to rape Holly; Cissie and Rita discover that Holly was raped; Cissie gets paroled; Rita makes it clear to Fisher never to touch any of the women again; The girls wish Cissie farewell; Lorainne rejects Cissie and leaves her homeless.

Cissie finds a halfway house to stay at; The girls have fun gossiping while playing cards; Cissie goes to Ray's house to see Debbie; Cissie informs Rita that Ray will bring Debbie by for a visit; Patricia and Joe discuss the inn's future; Gloria pays Crystal a visit; Patricia moves the money Harry kept hidden; Crystal tries to get a loan; Randy visits Crystal; Rita worries when her daughter doesn't show up for their visit; Rita sees Warden Grayson about Debbie; The girls fake a riot so Crystal and Randy can have sex in the attic of the prison; Warden Grayson investigates the riot; Patricia is interrupted from hiding the money in the cellar; Joe and Jerry inform Patricia that she can soon open the inn because of the Faith Cronin case being closed and Ben sent to prison; Cissie visits Cedar Lake to mourn the loss of Faith; Cissie meets Patricia.

Cissie and Patricia get acquainted; Rita continues to panic over Debbie; Patricia offers Cissie a job as the inn's cook; Rita learns that Debbie has been hospitalized for taking a drug overdose; Crystal and Randy fawn over each other on the telephone; Rita visits Debbie at the hospital; The girls await the parole list and make plans for their possible release; Rita begs Warden Grayson to use her influence to get Rita on the parole list; Cissie visits Rita; John Randell pushes for Maria's parole against her will; Cissie discusses prison life with Patricia; Maria ruins her chances for parole and thinks back to the moment she murdered her husband; Rita gets paroled; Patricia goes away on a business trip; Rita obtains a gun; Joe and Cissie get acquainted; Rita goes home and shoots Ray.

Rita disposes of the gun; Joe gets further acquainted with Cissie over breakfast; Rita begins her frantic search for Debbie; After Rita's failed attempts to find Debbie, she takes refuge at the inn; During mail call in prison, Crystal receives blackmail from Gloria; Rita and Cissie discover that the police found Ray and are searching for her; Joe offers Brad a job at the inn; Crystal and Randy get closer as Crystal's financial troubles are discussed; Fisher scoffs at Maria's attempt to protect Holly; Joe and Brad hear of Rita's problem; Rita convinces Brad to help her find Debbie; Lil flirts with Randy; Crystal is forced to pay back money she owed to Maria and Lil; Rita finds Debbie; Crystal makes up a lie that Randy proposed; Fisher finds Gloria's blackmail letter while going through Crystal's things; Randy finds out about Crystal's lie; Debbie is brought to the inn; Cissie offers Rita a job as housekeeper and a permanent room to stay at the inn; Cissie informs Patricia of the new wom

Cissie is thrilled when Patricia reveals her true identity, but is upset about her discretion; Captain Goddard tries to convince Joe to sell him the inn; Rita and Debbie discuss their future; Patricia explains to Cissie her reasons for wanting Rita fired; Crystal fantasizes about marrying Randy; Patricia offers to let Rita and Debbie stay on a trial basis; Joe and Patricia discuss the inn's promising future; Debbie tries once again to befriend Brad, but to no avail; Tony Osorio and Captain Goddard argue over the inn being sold to Patricia instead of the syndicate; Patricia runs into Brad in the cellar and checks to see if the money is still safe; Debbie tries to win Brad over with a glass of lemonade; Goddard tries to scare Rita away from the inn with a ghost story about Faith; Nell catches Fisher harrassing Holly; Randy officially proposes to Crystal in a letter; Holly receives disturbing news that she is pregnant with Fisher's baby.

Maria informs Warden Grayson of Holly's pregnancy; Holly begs Dr. Armstrong to give her an abortion; Warden Grayson questions Fisher about Holly's rape and pregnancy; Maria informs the girls of Holly's condition; the warden decides to have a guard watch Randy in case he is the rapist; Minnie leads Crystal to believe Randy is the father of Holly's baby; Crystal and Sharon fight; Crystal snubs Randy in the corridor; Maria checks up on Holly; Sharon and Kath try to get Minnie in on their drug smuggling scheme; Rita asks Joe about nearby schools for Debbie; Captain Goddard tries to persuade Patricia to let him buy the inn before the deal goes through; Patricia discusses her payment plans for the inn with Cissie; Patricia catches Rita snooping around her livingroom and badgers her about her prison record; Rita questions Cissie about Patricia's knowledge of her past; Rita and Captain Goddard hang out and have a beer at the baitshop; Warden Grayson continues to investigate on who the father o

Maria is pulled to safety by Fisher; Dr. Armstrong gives Maria a good diagnosis; Maria makes Holly promise not to go near the roof again; Nell and Warden Grayson discuss Holly's suicide attempt and the prison's persistant drug problems; Maria informs the girls of the situation on the roof; Holly tries to persuade Dr. Armstrong to let her out of the infermary; the guard let's Randy talk to Crystal for a moment; Debbie continues to attempt befriending Brad; Randy questions Warden Grayson of the rules against him seeing Crystal; Kath gets a visit from Brad; Rita, Cissie, and Debbie talk about boys; Randy visits Crystal; Patricia lets Joe down softly when he makes advances towards her; Brad breaks off his relationship with his mother; Cissie receives a visit from her son-in-law; Patricia gets upset when she hears Rons offer to Cissie; Brad and Joe talk about mothers; Holly plots to kill herself and her baby with drugs; Sharon gets out of the infermary and tries to convince Nell to let her

Jerry organizes a search party to find Andrew; Crystal persuades Kim to testify on Maria's behalf; Maria tells Fisher of Sharon and Kath's plan to smuggle drugs into the prison.

Holly shows up at the inn after escaping from prison; Debbie learns the truth about her father's shooting; Patricia makes a startling discovery.

Patricia suspects both Tony Osorio and Rita of stealing her money; Maria throws out Kath's heart medication assuming the pills are illegal drugs; Crystal and Randy face tough times.

Patricia becomes paranoid that Tony knows her true identity; Crystal makes a deal with her boss so that she can get paid in advance.

Patricia, Rita, and Cissie continue their charade to scare Tony away from the inn; Dr. Gardener brings Crystal to the inn; Randy finds out where Crystal is; The women enjoy discussing their making Tony nervous; Crystal tries to avoid Dr. Gardener's advances; Rita pretends she's trying to poison Tony at the bar; Randy's car breaks down on the way to the inn; Dr. Gardener continues to unsuccessfully lunge at Crystal; Patricia makes it clear to Rita that her customers deserve their privacy; Cissie runs into Crystal as she brings room service up to ""Mr. Smith""; Joe unwittingly scares Tony with an offer to go hunting; after Crystal explains her situation to the girls, Patricia tells her and Dr. Gardener to leave her inn; Crystal explains the facts of life to Dr. Gardener, and he fires her; Cissie and Rita discuss Crystal's strength; Dr. Gardener storms out of the inn and leaves Crystal stranded; the girls offer to let Crystal pay for the room and get bus faire by participating in the charad

Crystal informs Cissie that Tony is dead; Patricia and Rita argue over where the scream came from; the girls go in Patricia's living room and discuss Tony's death; The discovery of Tony's dead body creates chaos and suspicion at the inn; Jerry is confused when Holly begins to avoid him; Rita finds the tapes Tony made from the bug in Patricia's room, but finds one tape missing; Crystal and Patricia go to the cellar to find the missing tape; Patricia and Cissie question eachother over Tony's murder; Jerry gets nervous when he discovers Frances made reservations for dinner at the inn; Rita is suspicious of Cissie when she discovers burnt rolls in the oven; Rita and Patricia fight in the kitchen when more questions come up involving Tony's murder; Rita discusses her temper with Cissie; Jerry breaks off his engagement with Frances; the girls begin to panic as Joe goes in the cellar for wine; the girls make plans to move the body; Jerry expresses his love for Holly as he tells her he broke u

Jerry promises to prove Holly's innocence; Crystal covers up Tony's absence when Goddard gets persistant; the girls get anxious as things keep getting in the way of their plans; Jerry brings Holly back to the inn; Goddard flirts with Rita while looking for Tony; Cissie gets nervous when Jerry doesn't leave; the girls explain their situation to Holly; Goddard finds out that Tony hasn't been to the bait shop; Jerry works on Holly's case; Rita covers up a phone call to Tony by saying he checked out; Frances interrupts Jerry and Holly's conversation at the diner; the girls dispose of Tony's belongings and clean up the room he stayed in; while visiting Jerry at the police station, Frances discovers Holly's prison record; Patricia and Cissie try to keep Joe from going into the cellar; Crystal continues the cover up to throw Goddard off; Rita plans to get Joe's keys away from him; Frances passively harrasses Holly while she's working; Fisher questions Maria about her wanting to stay in prison

Ricky questions Crystal about his mother; the girls put pressure on Crystal about her not keeping up with work; While in solitary confinement, Holly fantasizes about Jerry; Jerry begins investigating the Walkers themselves; Debbie whacks Ricky in the head with a frying pan, thinking he's a burglar; Patricia discusses her history with Ben to Cissie; Maria finds out that Ricky is Crystal's son; Holly informs Randy of the truth regarding Crystal's situation with Dr. Gardener; Jerry extracts important information from Eileen concerning Holly's case; Maria arrives at the inn to see Cissie and is surprised to find Rita and Crystal as well; Patricia offers Maria a job and a room to stay at the inn; Patricia and Joe become romantically involved; after finding Patricia and Joe in a seemingly compromising position, Rita confides in Cissie that she's attracted to Joe; Ricky flirts with Debbie; Randy makes up with Crystal; Crystal tells Ricky that she is his mother.

Ricky gets angry with Crystal and threatens to leave; the rest of the girls find out about Crystal being Ricky's mother; Randy finds out the news from Ricky; the girls give Crystal advice; Crystal gains Ricky's friendship but loses Randy as a result; Brad returns to the inn; Maria helps Brad get temporary visitation with Kath; Holly is released from prison; Goddard informs Rita that the syndicate is still interested in the inn; Holly gets treated to a ""welcome home"" party; Jerry and Holly celebrate her release with a marriage proposal; Patricia has second thoughts about Joe; Jerry informs Patricia and Cissie that Ben Cronin has been released from prison due to a lack of evidence.

Patricia discusses her concern for Joe with Cissie; John Randell discusses prison reform with Maria; Brad shows Debbie a picture of her he had published in a magazine; Cissie is informed that Ron has been in a serious accident; Debbie gets upset over Brad's apprehensiveness; Crystal gives Debbie bad advice about men; Maria applies for a job as a prison guard; Debbie flirts with Ricky to make Brad jealous; Lorainne and Cissie make up during their visit with Ron in the hospital; Debbie and Ricky go for a bike ride; Ron comes out of his coma; Patricia is introduced to Ben Cronin; Ben interrogates Captain Goddard about the wherabouts of the money; Ben threatens to harm Cissie's family unless she informs him of the missing money and Faith's whereabouts; Goddard and Rita find the missing money in Tony Osorio's boat.

Ben insinuated that he caused Ron's accident and continues to threaten Cissie's family when he doesn't get answers; Crystal and Rita become worried when Ricky and Debbie don't come back from their ride; Rita and Goddard make plans to go to Rio with the money; Patricia worries that Ben will see through her disguise as he continues to pursue her; Rita and Crystal continue to argue after Ricky and Debbie return; Fisher tries to get Kath in trouble in spite of her attempts to be a model prisoner; Officer Patterson informs Warden Grayson of Fisher's cruelty to Kath; Debbie is pleased to see Brad and Ricky fighting over her; Maria becomes a prison guard but rejects John Randell's attempts to get closer; Rita has second thoughts about the money after finding out Cissie's connection to it; Patricia comes up with a plan to get Ben off Cissie's back; Ray comes to the inn after finding Debbie's picture in the magazine; Ray sabotages Rita's plans to take off with Debbie by informing the police of

Ben receives information about his missing money; Al tells Ben the money is missing; Rita is taken back to prison to await trial for shooting her husband; Debbie and Brad make up after their fight; Ben forces both Captain Goddard and Al to find the money; Al takes off, leaving Goddard to deal with Ben; Ben discovers that half the money is missing; Cissie is arrested for harboring a fugitive; Cissie and Kath get into a debate over position of top dog; Patricia comes up with 10,000 dollars to bail Cissie out of jail; Joe and Patricia discuss letting go of their pasts and make love for the first time; Karen goes to the inn; Patricia discovers that Karen is Joe's wife.

Karen tries to reconcile with Joe; Joe and Patricia have a discussion about secrets; Cissie gives Holly the day off to spend time with Jerry; Joe reveals to Karen that he's in love with Patricia and wants a divorce; Debbie talks to Brad about the plans that got ruined; Rita watches happily as Kath backs down from Fisher during an argument; While spying on Patricia, Ricky runs into Goddard in the cellar; Goddard sells the bait shop to Patricia; Karen and Frances make plans to get together; Karen threatens Patricia in order to win Joe back; Ricky gets advice from Crystal; Ricky and Debbie make up; Karen decides to do a story on the connection between the inn and the mafia; Cissie receives a call from Ben Cronin; Cissie collapses after arguing with Patricia over money matters.

Joe and Patricia inform everyone at the inn that Cissie is alright and will be home the next day; Patricia tries to get Cissie to avoid work and get some rest; Cissie questions Patricia about a gun she found in her desk; Karen receives the information she sent for and now begins her investigation; Maria convinces John to represent Cissie; Patricia offers Brad a job at the bait shop; Ricky tells Crystal that he wants to run the bait shop instead of Brad; Frances and Karen decide to use their viper tongues to upset Holly; Karen tries again to reconcile with Joe; Fisher pulls Kath's hair during an argument; Crystal gives Ricky more advice on how to get closer to Debbie; Ricky asks Debbie out to a movie; John works on Cissie's case; Brad gives Debbie a lecture after seeing her and Ricky return from the movies; Maria turns down John's advances; Karen finds out that Holly is saving herself for her wedding night; Karen and Frances go on a shopping spree; Frances offers herself to Jerry in cas

Maria and Debbie talk about Ricky's attitude toward Crystal; Brad and Ricky have a heart to heart at the bait shop; Kath and Rita get into a fight; Maria tries to explain Crystal's point of view to Ricky; Rita shares with Nell the fact that Fisher pulled Kath's hair for no reason; Karen humiliates Holly in front of Frances; Cissie comes up with a plan to get even with Karen; Warden Grayson questions Fisher's conduct in the prison; Karen blames the girls for stealing her engagement ring while cleaning her room; Rita puts Fisher in his place by puting a sign on his back that says ""Beware! Rapist!""; Crystal goes shopping for a new image; Patricia finds Karen's ring; Karen convinces Joe and Patricia to let her continue staying at the inn; Karen and Frances discuss the investigation over lunch at the diner; Crystal tries to make up with Ricky; Karen sneaks into Patricia's livingroom and goes through her things; Patricia reveals to Cissie how she became Patricia Meadows; Karen makes her roun

Maria informs the girls that she's going to Women's State for her first day at work as a guard; Kath tries to set Rita up by puting a knife inside her matress; Maria finds the knife and covers for Rita; Fisher refuses to keep his agreement with Kath, causing an uprising at the prison; Maria accidently shoots Rita during the prison riot; Joe sees Crystal's new look and confesses to Patricia that he thinks Crystal would ""look sexy in a tent""; Ricky upsets the others at the inn when he plans to storm out without talking things out with Crystal; Karen involves Ben in her scheme to break up Joe and Patricia; Ricky gets an unexpected present; Cissie and Debbie learn of Rita's condition; during Debbie's visit at the hospital, Rita notices she can't feel her legs; Ben tells Karen to stay out of his business; Karen tries to find more information on Patricia.

Karen finds very little information from her news crew about Patricia; Randy comes back to the inn to discuss things with Crystal, only to find out she just wants to be friends; Patricia is concerned about Crystal's desire to be the perfect mother; Ricky decides to talk things out with Crystal, and their relationship improves because of it; Karen finally puts two and two together while interviewing Warden Grayson; Crystal and Cissie visit Rita in the hospital; Maria feels guilty about the shooting; Patricia and Cissie cook up a scheme to get Ray in trouble and Rita off the hook; Maria discovers that Rita can walk; Fisher gets suspended from work; Karen informs Patricia that she knows her true identity and threatens her to back off from Joe; Karen storms out from the Clarke family estate when she doesn't get the results she wants; Ray comes back to the inn and falls for the girls' scheme to help get Rita out of prison; Holly finds Fisher in one of the cottages by the inn.